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∙ 13y agoThe Constitution became effective when approved by nine states. Amendments I - X, known as the Bills of Rights, were proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789, and ratified on December 15, 1791 by Virginia.
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∙ 13y agoThe amendment process has two steps, proposal and ratification. The amendment must first be proposed a 2/3 vote of congress or by 2/3 of the state legislatures. Ratification occurs with a 3/4 vote of the state legislatures or a 3/4 vote of state conventions made up of delegates (not necessarily legislators) elected by the people. See the related link for more detail.
The constitution has been amended a total of 27 times. Of those, 17 were added after the Bill of Rights.
In the US, changes made to the US Constitution are called Amendments. Excluding the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights, the most important one can be the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the USA.
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. The purpose and meaning of the Bill of Rights as it emerged from the ratification process, was to preserve the liberties England's revolution laws threatened.
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It was added as a compromise between those that supported ratification of the Constitution, called Federalists, and those that were opposed to ratification, called Anti-federalists. Anti-federalists agreed to support ratification of the Constitution if the Bill of Rights was added later, which is why the Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Any amendment after the tenth one. Pay attention to the question.
The ratification wasn’t decided by the “people “ but by congress.
The first amendment to the constitution was in 1791. It allowed the freedom of speech.
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which of the following words was added into preamble of the constitution by the 42nd amendment act 1976
the 6th amendment was written in 1765.
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Additions to the constitution are called amendments. The first amendment was :